08/07/2025
Eighty years ago, between August 6th and 8th, the United States dropped the world’s first two nuclear weapons. First was Hiroshima and then Nagasaki. Between 210,000 and 260,000 people died by the end of 1945 as a result. Each one experienced a horrible death and those that survived the new few months were in excruciating pain as radiation sickness had never been seen before.
But who were the victims of these horrific events?
By this time in the war men were either already fighting or dead. Cities were populated by the elderly, women, and children.
That’s who died as a result of these nuclear bombs.
Battleships, destroyers, aircraft carriers, tanks, artillery, soldiers, sailors, and airmen were not destroyed or killed. It was the elderly, women, and children.
As we remember this horrific event I’m reminded of the African saying that when two bull elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers.
Although since then, we as a species, have been very fortunate that these weapons have not been used since. But they still exist and that in and of itself is concerning.
As with all instruments of death, it only takes the right set of circumstances for them to be utilized and since 1945 their lethality has grown exponentially.
To ensure that they will never be used again takes great compassion and empathy for all living beings and their right to exist.
Do you have that compassion and empathy in you? Yes, you do. You simply need the courage to let it blossom.
As such we at the Blue Lotus Meditation and Mindfulness Center ask that all nuclear weapons be dismantled by every country in possession of them so that no one lives in this fear.
Sathu. Sathu. Sathu.
Educate Your Mind With The Dharma.
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Vladimir warmly and skillfully passes on the Buddhas Dharma to a world in need of loving-kindness, compassion, and empathy for the benefit of all living beings.
Blue Lotus Meditation and Mindfulness Center is a 501(c)(3) Buddhist society.
